StarCraft II Beta second beta phase begins

July 8, 2010

After the success of the first phase of the StarCraft II beta program, which concluded a month ago, Blizzard returns for a second round of testing with the release of beta patch 16 today. Full patch notes after the jump!

After the success of the first phase of the StarCraft II beta program, which concluded a month ago, Blizzard returns for a second round of testing with the release of beta patch 16 today.

Patch notes:

General

Rally points now behave as a move command, instead of an attack move command.
Enabled the ability to manually add a StarCraft II character friend using the player’s character code. Character code is a server-assigned numerical code that is displayed within the Add Friend panel.
Battle.net Achievements & Rewards have been updated.
All Quick Match modes are now available: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and Free For All.
All A.I. difficulties are now available for play.
Cooperative matchmaking versus A.I. players is now available as a play mode.
Enabled cross-game social features between World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

Balance Changes

ZERG
- Infestor
  - Frenzy spell removed.
  - Infested Terran spell added.
- Overseer
  - Infested Terran spell removed.
- Ultralisk
  - Now immune to stuns and mind control.